From: The influence of childhood asthma on adult height: evidence from the UK Biobank
ICS use (n = 24,864) | No ICS use (n = 68,493) | ||||||
Outcome: attained adult height (cm) | |||||||
No. of individuals | Mean (SD) | β (95% CI)a | No. of individuals | Mean (SD) | β (95% CI)a | p for differencee | |
Unexposed group | 21,795 | 169 (9.26) | 0 (ref) | 60,096 | 170 (9.19) | 0 (ref) | |
Exposed group, by age at asthma diagnosis (years) | |||||||
≤ 6 | 1325 | 169 (9.47) | − 0.85 (− 1.19~− 0.51) | 3199 | 170 (9.13) | − 0.59 (− 0.81~− 0.37) | 0.208 |
7–12 | 1046 | 171 (9.55) | − 0.61 (− 0.99~− 0.23) | 3269 | 171 (9.31) | − 0.28 (− 0.5~− 0.07) | 0.141 |
13–18 | 698 | 168 (9.63) | − 0.41 (− 0.87~0.06) | 1929 | 170 (9.33) | − 0.17 (− 0.45~0.11) | 0.382 |
p for trendf | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.035 | ||||
Outcome: individual height deviation (%)c | |||||||
No. of individuals | Mean (SD) | β (95% CI)a | No. of individuals | Mean (SD) | β (95% CI)a | p for differencee | |
Unexposed group | 21,795 | − 3.75 (34.6) | 0 (ref) | 60,096 | − 2.93 (34.6) | 0 (ref) | |
Exposed group, by age at asthma diagnosis (years) | |||||||
≤ 6 | 1325 | − 4.16 (34.3) | − 2.32 (− 3.82~− 0.82) | 3199 | − 3.63 (34.5) | − 1.68 (− 2.64~− 0.72) | 0.481 |
7–12 | 1046 | 0.38 (33.3) | − 1.44 (− 3.12~0.24) | 3269 | 1.31 (35.1) | − 0.13 (− 1.09~0.82) | 0.185 |
13–18 | 698 | − 6.57 (37.3) | − 0.88 (− 2.92~1.16) | 1929 | − 2.55 (35.1) | 0.76 (− 0.47~1.98) | 0.119 |
p for trendf | 0.014 | 0.991 | 0.243 | ||||
Outcome: height deficit (yes or no)d | |||||||
No. of individuals with height deficit/no. of total individuals (%) | OR (95% CI)b | No. of individuals with height deficit/no. of total individuals (%) | OR (95% CI)b | p for differencee | |||
Unexposed group | 11,839 (54.32) | 1(ref) | 31,863 (53.02) | 1(ref) | |||
Exposed group, by age at asthma diagnosis (years) | |||||||
≤ 6 | 732 (55.25) | 1.29 (1.12–1.48) | 1706 (53.33) | 1.10 (1.01–1.21) | 0.060 | ||
7–12 | 508 (48.57) | 1.04 (0.89–1.21) | 1563 (47.81) | 1.02 (0.93–1.11) | 0.830 | ||
13–18 | 394 (56.45) | 0.98 (0.81–1.19) | 1025 (53.14) | 0.98 (0.87–1.10) | 1.00 | ||
p for trendf | 0.215 | 0.815 | 0.059 |